[@The Omnipotent Sphere] I'd actually like to take this opportunity to raise a question: is there going to be any shared religions between our kingdoms? I think it would be realistic with an island of the size of Seyan that there would be some overlap or some form of shared religious/cultural heritage...but if not, here's the lowdown on religion in Öspa. 


This what I have so far: in modern Öspa, direct worship of the old shamanistic gods is on the way out. While the regime hasn't outlawed it---and probably won't, as there is a sizable minority who [i]do[/i] practice the old ways, particularly on Bildsfelln---the vast majority of Öspaín have begun to practice a "new" religion, which I haven't really worked on yet, but which is influenced in equal parts by old shamanistic practices and new practices from the continent (i.e. similar to the conversion of the Nordic nations in the Dark Ages to Christianity, though this religion will not be an analogue of Christianity). However, freedom of religion is state policy, in order to accommodate the growing number of immigrants to Öspa, and as a courtesy to their trading partners who regularly send merchants to do business in Öspa. It is entirely possible, I think, that there is a small population of Juran immigrants, though as you said they don't often venture out of the homeland. 

The stance of the royal family is becoming more and more ambivalent and obviously changing. The royal line are considered direct descendants of Öspad the Arbiter, the "founding father" of the nation and a figure couched in mythic significance by the shamanistic community. Öspad is considered a lesser god, I suppose, and there are many legends of him having been advised by the gods on his journey to unite the disparate tribes of the islands. Thus, the king is kind of [i]the[/i] ur-role to the shamans, who purport that the drop of divine blood in the veins of the royalty gives them mythical prowess, the ability to look into the future and to re-live events of the path, and their role has a special magnetism that keeps the nation together. That's why during the War of the Succession, the shamans prophesied the end of the nation---it was kind of a cataclysmic event to them, and they predicted that the new dynasty would cause ruination. They were seriously superstitious about it, and many communities migrated to the less-populated islands, fearing that the gods themselves would wreak a holocaust upon the land. Of course, that didn't happen---the nation has held together, and the Siglunes have brought Öspa into a new era of prosperity. Some hypothesize that this is the reason for the gradual death of the shamanistic tradition---this was the test of the potency of their gods and mythos and it kind of turned out to be a fluke, and the shaman class was humiliated. Others purport that since the ascendance of House Siglune, the Öspaín have grown less and less insular---the shamanism is highly community-based, and the sense of Öspaín "community" has rapidly expanded in the period of three-hundred odd years. Thus, the death of shamanism could be said to be a product of expansion and the wholesale adoption of foreign cultural elements into Öspaín culture. 

However, that is not to say that the Öspaín are not proud of their traditions. Shamanism has left its wake on social and community structures, in naming conventions, on holidays, on the calendar---the culture is still recuperating from the rejection of shamanistic practices and thus still retains some of the structures of a shamanistic culture. Thus, to the un-attuned eye, it might [i]appear[/i] that Öspa is still shamanistic, even though a majority of the population are no longer practicing. 

The same goes for the royal family. The royal "pageantry" is still couched in shamanistic motifs and symbolism---the throne room is adorned with arrases depicting events from myth, and the throne itself is carved of the wood of Öspad's [i]bjali[/i] boat and decorated with the myth of the creation of the world. But the fact of the matter is that, even though the royal family has much mythical significance, they themselves are either ambivalent on the issue of faith, or have converted to other faiths. The status quo is changing and thus they are still unsure as to where they should stand. Thus, it is entirely possible that a roving priest from Jura managed to convert Princess Kélse to the Light, and maybe even some of the other members of the household. At least at this point in Öspa's history, for the royal family it's kind of an "anything goes" situation. Make sense? 

Sorry if that was kind of long :|

EDIT: Forgot about Holtlí. She is basically the creator god to the shamanistic tradition of Öspa. The bear-shamans who were exiled to the forests in Bildsfelln were exiled not because of some crazy practices, but because they fetishized Holtlí as the one-true-god, while the others even within the shamanistic tradition were lesser---a political move by Öspad. So basically they practiced a form of henotheism I suppose. Anyway, in mainstream shamanistic practice, she is revered just as much as other gods, though as she is the goddess of the waves it is common, even with the new religion, to burn a votive candle for her before embarking on a voyage. Another leftover of the shamanistic tradition. It is also possible that she is incorporated in some nominal form into the new religion, just gotta work on developing that a bit.